Hi, Luke Palmer <luke <at> luqui.org> writes: > Ingo Blechschmidt writes: > > my $x = (a => 42); # $x is a Pair. > > $x = 13; # Is $x now the Pair (a => 13) or > > # the Int 13? > > You see, in your example, the pair is not "functioning as > an lvalue". The variable is the thing that is the lvalue, > not the pair.
ah! That clears it up! Thanks! :) --Ingo -- Linux, the choice of a GNU | When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf generation on a dual AMD- | jvyy unir cevinpl! Athlon! |